[marynot]

upgrade from home basic as well. it's pish

[retired_shean]

Originally posted by Will Smith:
upgrade from home basic as well. it's pish

What is the difference? I thought it was mostly the interface, which I could live without, tbf.

[marynot]

http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/desktops/0...9292413,00.htm

for reference, here's a review of that mesh i posted

[marynot]

Originally posted by Insanemadman:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Will Smith:
upgrade from home basic as well. it's pish

What is the difference? I thought it was mostly the interface, which I could live without, tbf. </BLOCKQUOTE>

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...ns/choose.mspx

essentially premium gives you the media centre features as well.

[retired_shean]

Hmmm, the media features are basically the only thing that I could really want from Premium, everything else just seems like things I don't need. I don't even really have use for the media features now, but I guess it will be useful when I eventually get a PS3.

I'm not saying the Mesh PC isn't a good deal, but except for the 4Gb of RAM, it isn't as good as the Dell quad-core PC. Just wish they did it cheaper with 2Gb really.

[retired_shean]

About 90% in favour of going for the Vostro 200MT.

Think i'll spend £45 to replace the 8300GS with a 8600GT, wait 18 months or so, and buy a much better card then.

Going to phone and ask about Vista Home Premium, but I can't say i'll be too gutted if I have to keep Home Basic.

Anything blatantly obvious i've overlooked?

[retired_mandyg]

Originally posted by Insanemadman:
Yet another PC i've been looking at:

Vostro 200MT

-Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 Processor (2.33GHz,1333MHz,4MB cache)
-Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic - English
-Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support
-Dell 19" Value Wide Flat Panel (E198WFP)
-2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
-500GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB DataBurst cache
-256MB NVIIDA GeForce 8300GS Turbocache graphics card
-16x DVD+/-RW & 16x DVD Drives

Price: £434.82 (inc VAT and delivery)

What do you think of that system?

I could spend an extra £45 to upgrade to an E6750, but I don't really think it is worth it.

I know the graphics card is dire, but I could spend £80 or so on a X1950Pro or 7900GS and it'd still be £100 cheaper than the initial PC posted.

Don't bother with the 1950pro, it's the xt you want (much better for only a little more cash).

Did you find out about that Dell PSU? I'd be concerned about the other components being proprietary ones too, especially the gfx card.

[retired_srujanach]

Been toying with the idea of a new pc myself and have only really found the 1950 pro. Is it easy enough to pick an Xt?

[retired_srujanach]

Originally posted by Doonhamer:
Been toying with the idea of a new pc myself and have only really found the 1950 pro. Is it easy enough to pick up an Xt?

[retired_mandyg]

Hmm, just had a look at a few online retailers and it seems not. Shops on eBay will have them though, worth getting over the pro version imo.